Question

A woman in this play fondly compares the protagonist’s name to the “potentates of France and Spain” as he checks his blisters from “walking wild eleven days.” While offering food to the protagonist, a group of teenage girls in this play giggle when they notice (-5[1])that he’s hiding a mirror behind his back. While affirming his love, the protagonist of this play claims that he wouldn’t care if he saw (10[1])a “drift of chosen females, (10[1])standing in their shifts itself.” A man with a bandage (10[2])on his head recognizes (10[1])this play’s protagonist (10[1])after he (-5[1])wins a mule race. (10[4])In this play, the (10[1])Widow Quin (-5[1])and Pegeen Mike (10[3])become enamored (10[1])with the (10[1])protagonist after he brags that he killed his father, (10[1])who surprisingly (10[3])shows up alive. (10[4])For 10 points, the sweet talker Christy Mahon (10[1])is the protagonist of what play that (10[1])sparked a (10[1])riot, written (10[1])by J. M. (10[1])Synge (10[1]0[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[3]0[5])

ANSWER: The Playboy of the Western World (The line about women in their “shifts” sparked the riot.)
<British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury (UG)Michigan AOhio State B44-5
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford A6910
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)7410
Raymond WangCornell ACornell C8410
Kevin ParkClaremont AIowa B8410
Cormac BeirneSorbonneMichigan State A8810
Omer KeskinOxford AKiel9110
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech ASouth Carolina93-5
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU ARowan9710
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghImperial B9710
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicTennessee9710
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt A9710
Andrew HannaPennJohn Jay10110
Matthew ChristianBinghamtonRIT A103-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford BStanford C10610
Rosa XiaCornell BRIT B10610
Jisoon YooTexas AUW A10610
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ASheffield10810
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)11010
Michael MaysImperial ADurham B11910
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley C12110
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)JMU B (UG)12110
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BJohns Hopkins12110
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)12410
Robbie HahnTexas A&M BTexas A&M A12410
Thomas HartWarwickDurham A12410
Andrew EllisKentuckyHarding12410
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BOhio State A13210
Emily Bussa (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)13910
Andre WongColumbia CVassar14110
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BAlabama14310
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)14610
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC D (DII)14710
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BHaverford1470
Ethan Furman (DII)HaverfordNYU B147-5
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)14810
Russell NipUBC ARice A14810
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan CKenyon1480
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonMichigan C1480
Ella WardeOxford BCambridge B1480
James ByrneBristolOxford C1480
Nick PruittKCLCambridge C1480
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaGeorgia Tech A14810